Robert Mirsky, MD, MMM, FAAFP, has health plan experience across Medicare, Medicaid and commercial lines of business. He most recently served as CMO and VP Medical Operations for Aetna Medicare and has held several CMO leadership roles at companies like North Shore-LIJ, CareConnect Insurance Company, Tenet Health System and more. He is currently a Better Health medical advisor.
Dr. Mirsky has practiced family medicine for 10 years and completed residency and chief residency at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in New York. He is dedicated to helping seniors age and thrive by addressing the medical, emotional and social determinants of health with a focus on mitigating isolation and loneliness through face-to-face and virtual engagement. He is a known expert in care management and disease-specific initiatives, primary care and retail health, and post-acute facility settings. Additionally, he has experience in network management, provider profiling and medical economics.
Before we can consider telehealth as part of ongoing, longitudinal healthcare, there are major issues that need to be addressed, including integration with traditional healthcare services, and inequities among patient subgroups that arise out of economic, infrastructure, and technological barriers.